2024 Best General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
18
Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
409
Master's Degrees
General Engineering is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #67 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 18 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 409 master's degrees in general engineering to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great General Engineering School for Your Master's Degree
The engineering master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general engineering students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other general engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general engineering related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general engineering students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank General Engineering Schools
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.